This call for papers is for a special issue of
Storytelling, Self, Society(Issue 6:2,
May-August 2010) dedicated to women and storytelling. Storytelling,
Self, Society is a 3x/yearly academic journal published by
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA.

Storytellers and academics are invited to submit
original manuscripts dealing with the role of women in folk literature
and in storytelling. Essays dealing with new research about storytelling
and its application to women (teachers, parents, counselors, or
rehabilitation officers), describing innovative practices in (and uses
of) spoken word storytelling by women in new or established social or
educational services, or applying new critical theory to the oral
tradition, are welcome.

Our guest editor is
Dr. Afra Kavanagh, assistant professor in the Department of Languages
and Letters at the University of Cape Breton (CBU) in Sydney, Nova
Scotia, Canada. Professor Kavanagh is the coordinator of theAnnual CBU Storytelling Symposium, now in its thirteenth year.
This symposium has produced two volumes of proceedings.

8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Storytelling at the Delta Sydney in the Cabot Room featuring
Mi’kmaq Elders Murdena Marshall and Lillian Marshall, plus Ray
Chodzinski, Laurie Howard, Paul Conway, and Cathryn Fairlee. This event
is open to the public and free of charge.

Saturday, June 6,
2009 The Fleur-de-Lys Room, lower level at the Delta

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CALL FOR PAPERS

THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL

CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY STORYTELLING SYMPOSIUM

Scheduled for the
first weekend in June (June 5 and 6, 2009) in the city of Sydney on Cape
Breton Island in Nova Scotia, this symposium combines an evening of
storytelling followed by a day of papers about storytelling. As a
celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, this year’s focus is
on the sky and the stars and the stories, myths and legends
they have generated in world cultures.

The 13th
Annual CBU Storytelling Symposium invites both storytellers and scholars
of the story to submit proposals for papers or offers to tell stories
that are about the many ways humans have engaged in describing or
interpreting stars and constellations, and the very sky that appears to
house them.

As always, papers on
storytelling as an art, or as used in a variety of disciplines and
texts, are welcome, as are papers
dealing with the theory and criticism of the genre. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009.
Proponents will be notified of the acceptance of their proposals by
February 15, 2009.

To participate with
a paper, please send, electronically or by mail, a one- page proposal
(or a completed paper) for a 20-minute presentation (to an audience of
academics and tellers). To tell a story, please write a note offering to
tell (to a mixed audience of academics, storytellers and the general
public) including a short history of your involvement in storytelling.